In Country | Essays and Criticism
- Understanding the Vietnam War
In the following essay, the author argues that Sam Hughes, the main character of In Country, struggles with the issues of creating a text in her attempts to understand her father's life and the Vietnam War.
- Gender Issues in Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country
In the following excerpt, Bliss supports her premise that the questions raised by one family's experience of the Vietnam war cannot be understood without also addressing gender issues that form the subtext of In Country.
- Women and War Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country
In the following excerpt, Durham explores Mason's young female protagonist's quest to understand why men wage war.
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